archoplasm

noun

ar·​cho·​plasm

ˈärkəˌplazəm

variants or less commonly archoplasma

ˌ⸗⸗ˈplazmə

plural -s

: supposedly specialized protoplasm formerly held to constitute the achromatic figure but now usually regarded as an optical artifact indicative of changes in colloidal state occurring during mitosis

—opposed to trophoplasm

archoplasmic

¦⸗⸗¦plazmik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin archoplasma, from archo- (from Greek archōn ruler) + -plasma

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